A Quote “Teachers spend much more time worrying about what they are going to tell students than thinking about what experiences they are going to provide for students. To ensure that students learn in class requires carefully designed experiences that keep them engaged and make them think” Weisman © Project Maths Development Team
Chief Inspector’s Report Teach for Understanding Mathematical Rigour Students Collaborating Making Connections Challenge Able Students Justify Reasoning © Project Maths Development Team
A Different Type of Lesson 1 Watch the video and try to guess the question I’m going to ask!! © Project Maths Development Team
Guesstimation! Without any calculations, guesstimate how many Post-its are needed to cover all sides of the file cabinet apart from the base? (P.S. you are allowed to get it wrong!!!) © Project Maths Development Team
What information would be useful to know? © Project Maths Development Team
A Different Type of Lesson 7.618cm © Project Maths Development Team
A Different Type of Lesson © Project Maths Development Team
A Hint!! © Project Maths Development Team
Actual Dimensions Height 183cm Width 91 cm Width 91 cm Depth 46 cm © Project Maths Development Team
Do the Math!!! © Project Maths Development Team
Were you right???? © Project Maths Development Team
Were you right ? © Project Maths Development Team
Can you come up with further questions? If the WIDTH of the cabinet was doubled, how many more post-its would be needed? If the HEIGHT of the cabinet was doubled, how many more post-its would be needed? If the DEPTH of the cabinet was doubled, how many more post-its would be needed? How long would it take to cover if it took 40 seconds for every 5 Post-its ? If you had 1,000,000 Post-its, what kind of file cabinet could you cover? © Project Maths Development Team
Teaching this Way Engaging for students Covers the Learning Outcome(s). (3.4 Applied Measure) Accessible to most abilities “Realistic” Differentiation: Challenging extension questions © Project Maths Development Team
A Different Type of Lesson 2 © Project Maths Development Team
Challenge 1 © Project Maths Development Team
Challenge 1 © Project Maths Development Team
Challenge 2 © Project Maths Development Team
Method © Project Maths Development Team
Method © Project Maths Development Team
Method 3 © Project Maths Development Team
Method 3 © Project Maths Development Team
Student Misconception © Project Maths Development Team
Class Investigation © Project Maths Development Team
Possible Areas © Project Maths Development Team
Searching for Patterns: Regular Squares Square1234…………….n Area14916 ……………. © Project Maths Development Team
Searching for Patterns: “1-up” Tilted Squares Square1234…………….n Area ……………. © Project Maths Development Team
Your Turn: “2-up” Tilted Squares Square1234…………….n Area ……………. Square1234…………….n Area …………… © Project Maths Development Team
Searching for Patterns Square1234…………….n Regular14916 ……………. 1-Up ……………. 2-Up ……………. 3-Up ……………. 4-Up ……………. © Project Maths Development Team
Proof: Area of a Tilted Square © Project Maths Development Team
Extension Question © Project Maths Development Team
Further Investigation © Project Maths Development Team
Further Investigation © Project Maths Development Team
Further Investigation © Project Maths Development Team
Further Investigation 1 © Project Maths Development Team
Further Investigation 2 © Project Maths Development Team
Extension 1: Pushing Brighter Students © Project Maths Development Team
Extension 1: Pushing Brighter Students © Project Maths Development Team
Extension 2: Pushing Brighter Students 1. Can you prove that numbers of the form 4n+3 are not possible areas of tilted squares? 2. When is a number expressible as the sum of two squares? © Project Maths Development Team
Content Slopes of Perpendicular and Parallel lines Pythagoras’s Theorem Area of Squares and Right Angled Triangles Finding areas by “dissection” methods Surds/ Number Theory Investigating and Collecting Data Searching for Patterns Generalising to a method Proof Reasoning, Problem Solving, Persevering. © Project Maths Development Team
Teaching this Way Connects to other areas of the syllabus Similar to doing “real” mathematics Can be adapted to all levels Level Playing Pitch (entry point is accessible for all) Enjoyable for Students/Teacher as “guide on the side” Preparation for exams e.g. Jigsaw question © Project Maths Development Team